1. to exist; to be alive
2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

1. not long (after)
2. before too long
3. soon
4. soon after

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

1. in the future
2. future
3. the future

classifier: 個

1. question
2. problem
3. issue
4. topic

classifier: 個

1. city
2. metropolis

1. lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom)
2. fig. easily solved